assignment 3

HEA 550 Module Four Short Paper: Communicating Academic Freedom Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: In The Law of Higher Education, Kaplin & Lee (2014) distinguish “between legal and professional concepts of academic freedom; between First Amendment free expression rights and First Amendment academic freedom rights, which may overlap but are not necessarily the same; and between First Amendment rights and other legal bases for academic freedom” (p. 275). Search the web for the faculty handbook of a college or university. In a short paper, analyze how the institution’s document addresses the issue of academic freedom within the framework outlined by Kaplin & Lee (2014). As you write, reference these sections that align with your short paper critical elements: (a) an overview of the institution, including specifying whether it is public or private; and (b) an analysis of the extent to which academic freedom is addressed in the institution’s faculty handbook from a professional and/or legal concept. Guidelines for Submission: Short papers should be formatted to be a double-spaced Word document, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, APA format. Page length requirements: 1–2 pages, not including title page and references.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Institution Overview

Accurately and thoroughly provides an overview of the institution

Does not sufficiently provide an overview of the institution

Does not identify the institution

15

Academic Freedom Policy

Accurately and thoroughly describes the institution’s academic freedom policy

Does not sufficiently or thoroughly describe the institution’s academic freedom policy

Does not describe the academic freedom policy

30

Analysis Provides appropriate analysis of the extent to which academic freedom is addressed

Provides analysis for academic freedom but analysis is not in depth or lacks appropriateness

Does not include analysis

30

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main idea

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

25

Earned Total 100%